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pack woht the acton free press tiitmeoay swamuahy at io notices of slrtfc urrl ktnj btstlis kvi usttj la thla eolumtt without tkint in utiamrbtu nmums smi knd lod ptf ite hemlllotoal tor polity ldtrydkn xn ouelph ort wednesday january ml 1040 to ur and afire norman dryden a daughter c4ttpp0 on wednesday january 54th imo to mr and mtr j o orlpps acton son kenneth irwin tottn awnicy at the ouelph general ho- plul on saturday january 37th 1w0 william john awrey to hi both year haywa3rd tn toronto on friday fjanuary mui 1040 klln priscilla worden belovet wife of oordon hay- ward flynn at fontlao mich on tuesday january mm 1m0 michael flynh brother f joseph and james wyan acton aited 14 year wkatiranflton at the home of hu daughter mm walter hunt rockwood on saturday january 37th 1m0 john weathersuun husband of the late mary jane maude in his 82nd year douolas at ouelph oeneral hos- pltal on thuraday february lit 1040 lex douglas the late mlu douglas ui resting at the johnstone ju itunley funeral home acton until saturday- where funeral serlvee will he held at 300 pm in terment at falrvlew cemetery acton in mkmottlam arnold in loving memory of beatty o arnold who pawed away february 2nd 1030 some day we hope to meet him come day we know not when to clasp his hand in the better land never to part again sadly missed by aonbs and beverley morton in loving memory of our d wife of twnavwa aujja- ed away february ut 1038 a mother love from u la gone a voice we loved la stilled a place u vacant in our home which never can be filled verremembercdby daughter and son mjfchafcl flynn michael flynn brother of messrs joseph apdjamea flynn of the second line bsmjuesing township adjoining actcn passed away all his home in poit- uac mich on tuesday january 3swl aged seventyfour my flynn was born in equlntf and spent hla boyhood and early manhood days here leaving this district about forty years ao l for d number of years he resided in detroit and then went to portland oregon about eleven years ago he went to pantlao mich to reside m 1001 ha married miss mary a grose of saginaw mich beside his wife he leaves one somrobert flynn of adams ore and two brothers joseph and james acton to nil of uiese who have been bereaved sympathy of many friends herb goes out mr flynn was a member of the catholic chvroh and the funeral on friday morrilng was held at st andrews church with rev ifather timothy kro- both officiating burial was in st an drews cemetery w jambs eabteubuook winnipeg gets new command air commodore a a i ciuffe of the royal canadian air force has been appointed officer tn charge of no 1 the column the senior members of the y held a very succeuful skating party and dance last saturday everting it is hoped that several such events may be lield uurougli- out thf balance of the winter season the next one will be on wednesday evening february 7th the junulor a iris failed to make their commission iay purchase machine to thaw ground contin f pa one poatmutslon decided to lnstal two meters dre in front of the other to check on ye water supplied some discussion took place regarding tlie purchasing of a ouvwlng machine tills maclilne is used to thaw the frown broiind when emergency repairs have to be mode to the water services one of trip to ouelph to swh this week owing maciunm has been put in use in to the discontinuance of such swim- 1 rjrampton it was mlhg by uie ywojl until further lnb nmltbr ow mm more inforeutjup nouce not to be done out of their good bhaat ume the girl gathered at the y and tha liu and tostallauon or water made candy and ended the afternoon dwnand p auun was to be with a good song fait i arranged by uw superintendent tlie matter of tluiwlng out oountry the young ladles oynv class is still waur ay8 was discussed and a meeting on tuesday evening tor setting muuon waj p lnjltruotin8 ul8 g up exercises snd games better come brmtcnuont to tliaw mly y j wllllam james aasterbrook 68 of 03 affairs along and tone up next tuesday evening ul t ftro mrvw hy umj aoton hydro sys training command in canada under i the commonwealth air training lij y juvenlie teftm playing in the bua mwie retfttwlinb by which airmen from all paru of the ftf rtockwoodt lhe commission plans for electrlo milu ouelph and acton played ujcir nvlflfsa tnib yeor fno oommuslon had initial game on tuesday night at ouelph mfldo no decision whether there would on the oac rink and wero able to m range campaign this year or not icore three goals against ouelphs five and tliero would be no free service or municipal xhu was tlie ilrst game the team had w unt tills decbuon was mnde empire will receive training in canada photo by frederick william lyonde and sons talned a keen intercut ruby street winnipeg employed in the engineers department of the t eaton co for nearly 36 years died at his resid ence on friday january 13th 1040 born at campbellville ontario mr easterbrook went to winnipeg 40 years ago he was a memberl of st johns masonic lodae and a shriner he was n n active member of st margarets i played together having been organised 1x10 ume in the early summer anglican munuv widow mrs leila m poapst easterbrook his eoond wife whom he married in winnipeg in 1033 and two sons and a daughter children of his first wife william jg- pabtjurfiav nf bran ii john easterbrook in toronto and miss mary easbcrbtook at home a brother john of toronto and three sisters mrs william s chuhoim milton ontario mrs william moore toronto and mrs clus w johnston of edmonton also survive the funeral service was held on mon day afternoon january 16th in st mar garets anglican church with burial in elmwood cemetery rev w glover rector officiated honorary pallbearers were james b cochrane james stewart j lamonte t home james a david son and r a t dirt active a steven son j c oronu e dixon a murray e r tennant and 8 taggart the masonic lodge also took part in the jtrrvlce at the grave the funeral was held on tuesday with m a hurry to nil out the newlyformed it wab decided to hold the commls interment at mimosa erin township league next game is next mondoy meetings on ev other tuesday the service was conducted by rot evening in ouelph and the boys hopo evcnm xhbj wu it the commuilon harold stolnton of dublin street unit- comc home with a win members af ji on th tuesday between uiejooun- od church a fitting solo was rendered j tni team are owen masales bert allen dj meetings by mrs lionel allan the flowers were le lambert lome masales bill fields beautiful four grandsons of the do- rjoug price ivan vickers lome masters ceased elgin awrey ivan awrey oor- jack sheppard and john cliopmon don moklnnon and lome mclachlan ovekdoino it m8 that now patient in ward fl is very goodlooking isnt her second nurse yea but dont wash ltjl his face again he has hod that done fouren m the mm elub were ulrelnurm ul wm victorious nine games to five the games were keenly contested 5dkitrjdw fgmfcs february the second tnonth of 1040 st valentines day a week from next wednesday please send in items of news as early in the week as possible the acton y is a hum or activity with the various groups that meet there every evening the sun is getting stranger and the piles of snow and ice settle a little each day tomorrow is the day the bear is supposed to see his shadow and pre dict an early or late spring alarations ore nearly tampleted and the mason knitting company will move to the new larger plant on ouelph street this month mr murray smith had the misfor tune to have ills hand caught in a machine at the heardmore plant on tuesday and buffered painful injuries lost week councillor o w murray sold a twoyearold thoroughbred short horn hefferblythewood lady for a good figure to go to the agricultural college at quebec a womans viewpoint of the elec tion in very aptly given tills week in chronicle of ouuicr farm it is rattier uniquely presented and may make you smile too on tuesday evening the olrls auild of kjiox church met at the manse lor u buslnesh meeting after discussing several other matujrti it was decided lo hold a leap year party iv tho curntva being planned or ac tun arena on february 21at promise 10 be tlu biggest event of its kind since j the arvnu wu opened elaborate de- tails are uw in plaimlnu tiir fart pitcbb is pleased to nupply a copy each week to tlic boys serving lu the aimy whether in canada or england but uc must have change of address as prompt as possible to give this service among the acton boy with the second group landing in england are oeorge lnsenby and nick nloolak who went with the princess pou from winnipeg in another column we pub- laulp0il ond margaret awrey pioneer lull part ol a letter from pte jamesmc- denu or erin township he was aeachle with the 48th highlanders m 1 burn hu fathers old homestead lot ers were six nephews leonard loreej 34 th auelph y club on wednesday roy leslie cecil leslie ernest awrey i evening of last weekend after playing harold morris and ross jamleson mrb gordon hayward toiidwirtrinii owlth someiylngtopolntbeforedsculoni l fw months of whtoho actoft ladles showed superiority in havebeea jrpent in hospital mrs oor- j doubles winning all their games but don hayward passed away an friday the ouelph team retaliated by winning last bom in actoln mrs hayward spent a the mens doubles her life here until about 25 years ago a social hour followed the playing of when they removed to toronto several j the game with light refreshments serv- years ago she lost her eyesight and has j the club room dr nelson o j been unable to get about but in spite acton entertained at the piano lcadlna of her handicap she maintained her m the singing of popular songs attendance at the college street bap tist church in toronto where she was a member besides her husband she leaves one daughter mrs charles colby gorham of brooklyn ny three grandchildren helen gordon and herbert cook one sister mrs p j smith winnipeg man and three brothers judson vvordcn their gun of victory after beating bur- toronto joseph worden battle creek llngton 11 to 1 acton led 2 to 0 at the end of the first 5 to 1 at the end of iwisscowle addressmlinited yoting plfloplte on tuesday evening the united vmmg peoples union held their regular week ly mmtlhgt uhder the direction of the literary convener miss isabel oowle the meeting opened wlthsv rousing singsong followed by a contest on famous canadian artists miss cowle took ui topic of the even ing and spoke on some of our fam ous canadian artists writers and music ians giving a brief blography of each the meeting closed with group gomes too mtjoi1 sandy was paying 760 weekly board and lodgings one day his landlady nakt sandy i am afraid 111 have to charge you 91 a week more you are such n good eater for goodness sake cried sandy dlnna do that im killing myself al ready trying to eat 760 worth injured by fall while at work on monday mr e w masters suffered a patoxul injury on tuesday morning when he fell from box at the beardmore co plant onto the cement floor 1 he also fell on the edge of tie box and sustalne1 an injury to his back and plne followuig xray examination at the hospital b has been confined to his bed at home friends hope- he may soon be fully re covered the injury has been a- try painful one not ka monsters mrs skinflint eyed the box of klppers- wlth critical expression what are r a pair she asked the fishmonger six cents maam theyre very small fontheprif well its like this those lffjrxr come from the north sea not lvih ness j cadesky onohmin will ob in aototj oh monday february 5 anyone suffering from eyestrain defective vision or headache should not miss the opportunity of consulting this eyesight spselalm appointments may be made with mr a t brown- druggist r- oonbultatiorfnke oslea haswai t a as tsn 4 at a james mclean the funeral of the late james mclean was held on tuesday afternoon january 23rd from his home on lot 8 first concession erin township where he was born 73 years ago and where he spent his whole life the services were conducted by his pastor the rev j a murray of osprlnge presbyterian church where ho was a member since boyhood the pallbearers were messrs albert mccutcheon william robinson robert vainorman robt fisher j e pearen and o h pearen interment was made in the family plot in falrvlew- cemetery acton he leaves to mourn his luas his beloved wife agnes couch and one son don ald on the homestead mr mclean was the youngest member af the family of tho late mr and mrs donald mclean who came to the farm from scotland almost a century ago he was the last survivor of three sons and two daughters nell alexander and james mary and mrs gilbert slnclalrannie late of ouelph whose death occurred exactly nine months ago and alexanders five months ago mr mclean was well known in the whole district where he j spent his life on his fuie farm hotoc was a good farmer and neighbor always i ready to help in the activities or the i neighborhood was a trustee for many yearn in leslies school no 0 erin and i u btmmchjmpjmjrwr or liberalism the 1 sympathy v the many friends of the family u extended to jie bcreuved wife 1 tuid ton j w j awrey ouelph mr w j awrey 61 perth street guetph poabed away hi his eumteih year ml the ouelph general hospital ut one oclock saturday after an illness of two weeks mr awrey was the son of the late juniors clinch playoff berth hy two wins mich and william worden acton to all of these sympathy of many friends the second and 11 to 1 at the end of in the old home community goes out in rull time burlington wero no match for their bereavement i bunks boys and any chances they on monday evening a funeral bervlec had to make it interesting weic thwarted was held in toronto at the trull fun eral parlors in charge of her pastor rev q a leichieter and rev f o bunill a former pastor in acton many friends in the city and friends who knew and esteemed mrs hayward tn acton attended this service on tuesday afternoon friends from acton and district and from kitchener waterloo ouelph hamilton winnipeg new york and rock wood gathered to pay tribute at the service in acton at the funeral home of johnstone si rum- ley revs o a leichieter and f o burrill of toronto and rev e g bax ter or acton spoke words of comfort at the services in toronto and acton rev mr leichieter rendered solas interment was in falrvlew cemetery acton the pallbearers were two grand sons gordon and herbert cook messrs a t brown t m sutton william warden and joseph whlthnm among the floral tributes were offer ings from the following jack mc- oeachle mr and mrs john mccuen college street baptist mission mr and mrs joseph whitham mr and clarence price gladys hlndman llr mrs a t brown mr and mrs jot hurst frank hollo woy mr and mrs robert elglc mr and mrs william warden grandchildren beurdmore em ployees mrs p j smith mr slur- wood llowley mr and mrs harold anj derson mr oeorge e darkey mr ben smlthmon mr and mrs t m sutton brigadier and mr dyers and bun the family dr nnd mrs m huwke twelve neighbors from sammon avenue moore pearsall the first contingent the leafs and the canad1ens play to a tie the second game of the midget hoc key league between the leafs and can adians which was postponed from last saturday took place at the arena on tuesday at 4 is and ended tn the score of four all the leafs took the lead srwlhekl it until the end of the second period in the third period the can- adlens hammered the leafs goalie with shots- and scored three goals- the loafs evened it up towards the end of the period and neither team was sble to better their count ooangaurs for the leafs were young jt lambert 3 and brunelle 1 and for the ctanadkns fryer 3 p turkoss 1 and stewart 1 wound line erin where he resided until he fnoviml to ouelph twentyone years ago he fatmed his two hundred acrealth the assutonceof his wife and family with marked success he was an enthusiastic upporters of mimosa mrthmiut church until ihe become a valued memorr of dublin street united church ouelph 111 wife tune maiden name was eurn morris survive to mourn his- loss sloog with four children elmer or ouelph ada i mrs n a mcklnnon krin township fred of regtna sask and etta mrs at mclachlan tor onto au eight grandchildren and one u met grandchild he was third in a family of eight mrs m lore ouelph snd henry of acton predeceased him leaving also lo mourn his loss mrs wm flunley ut ouelph mrs wm leslie of hhlloh leonard of hills burg herbert of ottawa and mrs oeorge leslie ourlpli he was nn ardent liberal and main- royal lulph- comfortjbu theatre friday to monday the thrluilx siul u daughter four wives with the lane sisters gale page jeffrey lynn s claude rains may robson katqrday centlnusvus frew 130 pm tuesday to thursday astonishing thrilling rolwrt montgomery earl of chicago with edward arnold reginald owen edmund gwenn skaws tally at lis 7 t pw by tlie able guardian of the acton nets f holmes ken blow a midseason re cruit to the rank and rile of the locals broke into the scoring column with two goals the players played as a team and the goals were divided nichols 3 blow 2 tyler 2 brush 2 murphy and marso 1 each assists are not laoung on these goals and many rine burlington chances were stopped by the acton de- 1 fence and goalie holmes summary first period i 1 aton murphy goy b30 2 acton brush nichols 1437 penalties tyler bartlett i second period 3 acton tyler t mario 201 4 acton nichols mario 537 i 5 burlington hall 021 0 acton mario nichols 1050 penalties tyler williams taylor j third period 1 acton tyler 265 8 acton blow goy 534 0 aclan brush 1141 j 10 acton nichols 1034 j 11 acton blow paplllon 1720 1 12 ac ton nichols 1017 penalties taylor cornlsh brush nichols rereree m young hamilton burlington with their- standing in the group gave great games a bunch of youngsters who can be held together for three years thyc are not worrying about the pnwent campaign but the future milton are the next stumbling block in the way of acton juniors and a greut game should be the result here on mon day february 6th come out and give them a boot junior standing goals op w l t foragtpu what others say the january issue of printer and publisher contains the following article dtilton acton deariielown muton ourlph durllnaton n7 0 1 5 3 0 a o 00 34 15 50 33 10 33 39 a 41 40 b 30 44 4 30 74 2 games of week tonight burlington at milton bol ton at georgetown mondsy milton at acton tuesday georgetown at guelph 1 nsoiitwii why lo you want your letter re turned axlfed the blrl who had broken tlie ensasrment are you afrad that ill take therifi to court no lulled uie young man but i paid to have thoae jettera written by ah expert and i may ue them again tome day on purpose we havent advertised the book very much the past levy weeks the number of copies for sale is very limited if you have one on order please call and secure it now as we cannot hold these copies if they are asked for bv others while the supply lasts the price 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